The elderly mother of the Gu family suffers a stroke while celebrating her 70th birthday, which hastens her progression into dementia and hastens her descent into death. Who will look after her in this situation? As each of the four brothers works through the challenges that come up in their respective families, the dynamics of their relationships with one another shift significantly. Their futures, which are intertwined by love but complicated by riddles and conundrums, gradually reveal themselves over the course of the four seasons, just as they would in an antique Chinese scroll painting.
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The elderly mother of the Gu family suffers a stroke while celebrating her 70th birthday, which hastens her progression into dementia and hastens her descent into death. Who will look after her in this situation? As each of the four brothers works through the challenges that come up in their respective families, the dynamics of their relationships with one another shift significantly. Their futures, which are intertwined by love but complicated by riddles and conundrums, gradually reveal themselves over the course of the four seasons, just as they would in an antique Chinese scroll painting.
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